CensorshipCensorship

War in IraqWar in Iraq

Roles of CensorshipRoles of Censorship

Censorship Censorship overtakes a big overtakes a big part of the new part of the new industryindustry

The Bush The Bush administration administration plays a role in plays a role in censorship censorship because of their because of their intimidation of the intimidation of the presspress

Results of CensorshipResults of Censorship CNN has had to self censor CNN has had to self censor

their news and refrain from their news and refrain from aggressively questioning the aggressively questioning the reasoning behind the reasoning behind the advance of soldiers to fight advance of soldiers to fight in Iraq.in Iraq.

CNN top war correspondent CNN top war correspondent Christian Amanpour stated Christian Amanpour stated that “the press was muzzled that “the press was muzzled in the sense that the in the sense that the important questions such as important questions such as actual description of actual description of weapons of mass destruction weapons of mass destruction could not be asked.”could not be asked.”

Political standpointPolitical standpoint

The majority of the war is based on a political The majority of the war is based on a political standpointstandpoint

There have been cases where even talk shows There have been cases where even talk shows were cancelled due to anti-war views.were cancelled due to anti-war views.

On the MSNBC network, Phil donahue’s On the MSNBC network, Phil donahue’s democratic anti-war talk show was democratic anti-war talk show was cancelled because its negative content cancelled because its negative content dealing with President Bush’s decision to dealing with President Bush’s decision to invade Iraq.invade Iraq.

More censorship…More censorship…

YellowTimes.org website also received the YellowTimes.org website also received the same treatment because of their release same treatment because of their release of photographs on the internet of of photographs on the internet of deceased U.S. soldiers and POW’s.deceased U.S. soldiers and POW’s.

It was shut down by its web hosting It was shut down by its web hosting company due to the infringement of the company due to the infringement of the ethics policy. ethics policy.

The Policy does not allow deceased The Policy does not allow deceased members of the U.S. military or POW’s to members of the U.S. military or POW’s to be shown to the public for obvious be shown to the public for obvious reasons.reasons.

Soldiers livesSoldiers lives

The reason that censorship plays a The reason that censorship plays a positive role is that it restricts the positive role is that it restricts the amount of graphic content on behalf amount of graphic content on behalf of the soldiers families.of the soldiers families.

However, it doesn’t always allow the However, it doesn’t always allow the American public to view the reality of American public to view the reality of what is happening in Iraq today.what is happening in Iraq today.